7:4 So the army slew them. And Demetrius sat upon the throne of his kingdom:

7:5 And there came to him the wicked and ungodly men of Israel: And Alcimus was at the head of them, who
desired to be made high priest.

7:6And they accused the people to the king, saying: Judas and his brethren have destroyed all thy friends,
and he hath driven us out of our land.

7:7 Now therefore send some man
whom thou trustest, and let him go, and see all the havock he hath made amongst us,
and in the king's lands: and let him punish all his friends and their helpers.

7:8 Then the king chose Bacchides, one of his friends that ruled beyond the great river in the kingdom,
and was faithful to the king: and he sent him,

7:9To see the havock that Judas had made: and the wicked Alcimus he made high priest, and commanded
him to take revenge upon the children of Israel.

7:10 And they arose, and came with a great army into the land of Juda: and they sent messengers, and spoke to
Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully.

7:11 But they gave no heed to their words: for they saw that they were come with a great army.

7:12 Then there assembled to Alcimus and Bacchides a company of the scribes to require things that are just:

7:13 And first the Assideans that were among the children of Israel, and they sought peace of them.

7:14 For they said: One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come, he will not deceive us.

7:15 And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm nor your friends.

7:16 And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word
that is written:

7:17 The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was
none to bury them.

7:18 Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for
they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made.

7:19 And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of
them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.

7:20 Then he committed the country to Alcimus, and left with him troops to help him. So Bacchides
went away to the king:

7:33 And after this Nicanor went up into mount Sion: and some of the priests and the people came out to salute him peaceably,
and to shew him the holocausts that were offered for the king.

7:34 But he mocked them and despised them, and abused them: and he spoke proudly,

7:35 And swore in anger, saying: Unless Judas and his army be delivered into my hands, as soon as ever I return in peace,
I will burn this house. And he went out in a great rage.

(7:36-38) The Israelite priests weep and pray in the temple, asking God to let Nicanor and his army
fall by the sword for their blasphemies.

(7:36) "The priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple: and weeping, they said"

7:36 And the priests went in, and stood before the face of the altar and the temple:
and weeping, they said:

7:37 Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and
supplication for thy people.

7:38Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember
their blasphemies, and suffer them not to continue any longer.

(7:38) "Be avenged of this man, and his army, and let them fall by the sword: remember
their blasphemies"

7:39 Then Nicanor went out from Jerusalem, and encamped near to Bethoron: and an army of
Syria joined him.

(7:40-42) Judas asked God to kill the Nicanor's soldiers the way he killed 185,000 in Sennacherib's army.
(Sennacherib supposedly blasphemed God, so
God killed 185,000 of his soldiers
while they were sleeping. Very resourceful!)

(7:40-41) "Judas prayed, and said: O Lord, when they that were sent by king Sennacherib
blasphemed thee, an angel went out, and slew of them a hundred and eighty-five thousand."

(7:42) "Destroy this army in our sight today."

(7:43-48) So God helped Judas kill Nicanor and his army. First they killed Nicanor and the rest was easy.
All of Nicanor's soldiers threw down their weapons and ran away. The Israelites slaughtered them all as they ran. Then they cut off
Nicanor's head and hand and hung them up over Jerusalem. "And the people rejoiced exceedingly, and they spent that day with great joy."
(Nothing can cheer God's people up more than a hanging head and hand.)

(7:43) "And the armies joined battle ... and the army of Nicanor was defeated,
and he himself was first slain in the battle."

(7:44) "And when his army saw that Nicanor was slain, they threw away their weapons, and fled."

(7:46) "And they were all slain with the sword, and there was not left of them so much as one."

(7:47) "And they took the spoils of them for a booty, and they cut off Nicanor's head, and his right hand ...
and they brought it, and hung it up over against Jerusalem."

(7:48) "And the people rejoiced exceedingly, and they spent that day with great joy."

7:40 But Judas pitched in Adarsa with three thousand men: and
Judas prayed, and said:

7:41O Lord, when they that were sent by king Sennacherib blasphemed thee, an angel went out, and slew of
them a hundred and eighty-five thousand:

7:42 Even so destroy this army in our sight today, and let the rest know that he hath spoken ill against
thy sanctuary: and judge thou him according to his wickedness.

7:43And the armies joined battle on the thirteenth day of the month Adar:
and the army of Nicanor was defeated, and he himself was first slain in the battle.

7:44And when his army saw that Nicanor was slain, they threw away their weapons, and fled:

7:45 And they pursued after them one day's journey from Adazer, even till ye come to Gazara, and they
sounded the trumpets after them with signals.

7:46 And they went forth out of all the towns of Judea round about, and they pushed them with the horns,
and they turned again to them, and they were all slain with the sword, and there was not left of them so much as one.

7:47And they took the spoils of them for a booty, and they cut off Nicanor's head, and his right hand, which
he had proudly stretched out, and they brought it, and hung it up over against Jerusalem.

7:48And the people rejoiced exceedingly, and they spent that day with great joy.

7:49 And he ordained that this day should be kept every year, being the thirteenth of the month of Adar.